Tag: Niger-Delta militants

Niger-Delta militants petition Tinubu, threaten to shutdown major gas plant

Aminu Imam

Chairmen of the Delta and Edo States Phase-2 Ex-Agitators of the Presidential Amnesty Programme (PAP) have petitioned President Bola Tinubu and the Interim Administrator of the Amnesty Programme, Maj-Gen Barry Ndiomu (retd), over N320 million alleged to have been hijacked by six ex-agitators from Ekianwuru camp in Bayelsa State. At a press briefing held in Warri, by the Delta State Chairman, Gen. Solomon Adu, the Edo State Chairman, Gen. London Gbuke and Gen Julius Belemu, from Bayelsa, the agitators said the N320 million allegedly hijacked by few ex militants from…

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May 29: Ex-militant leader mobilises against anti-inauguration forces at Eagle Square, Abuja

Aminu Imam

A dreaded former militant commander in the Niger-Delta region, popularly called General Amagbein Boro, is mobilising thousands of youths to occupy Abuja against forces threatening to disrupt the inauguration of Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu on Monday.  Amagbein, who is the Founder of the famous youth group, the Niger Delta Amagbein Movement (NDAM), kicked against some treasonable statements emanating from persons he described as the enemies of the country, saying they were capable of causing chaos in the polity. He bemoaned the effrontery of a few aggrieved and self-centered coupists sponsoring…

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Maritime Security: Tompolo intercepts super oil tanker laden with illegal crude oil in Delta

Aminu Imam

…Nabs 8 crew members The pipeline surveillance contract recently awarded to a security company owned by the ex-Niger-Delta militant, Government Ekpemupolo, a.k.a Tompolo, by the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited (NNPCL) to assist curb oil theft and pipeline vandalism in the country, appears to be yielding targeted results, a Very Large Crude Carrier (VLCC) has been intercepted by Government Ekpemupolo, a.k.a Tompolo, and his team. The Security Personnel of the company, Tantita Security Services Limited, on Thursday, successfully arrested a crude oil super tanker, MT Deinmo, loaded with an unspecified…

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NNPC Pipelines Contract: Niger-Delta militants at war

Aminu Imam

…Asari Dokubo, others oppose Tompolo The dust raised by the NNPCL N4.5 billion annual pipeline surveillance contract awarded to former leader of Movement for the Emancipation of Niger-Delta, (MEND), Government Ekpemupolo, popularly known as Tompolo, may not have settled down but it has effectively torn the militants in the oil rich region apart. Obviously rattled by how the Federal Government sensationally mentioned Tompolo as the sole supervisor of the pipeline security deal, another leading Niger Delta freedom fighter, Alhaji Asari Dokubo, sounding crestfallen and certainly dejected wondered why his comrade…

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Tension in Niger Delta, as Asari Dokubo opposes Tompolo’s N4.5bn pipeline contract

Aminu Imam

There is tension in the Niger-Delta region following the decision of the self-proclaimed freedom fighter and founder of the Niger Delta Volunteer Force (NDVF), Asari Dokubo, to oppose the N4.5bn monthly pipeline surveillance contract awarded a former militant leader, Government Ekpemupolo, better known as Tompolo. The aggrieved Dokubo, in a viral video, said it smacked of greed for Tompolo to be in charge of pipeline protection for all the ethnic groups in the Niger Delta. Dokubo wondered why Tompolo would be in charge of Delta, Bayelsa, Rivers States, querying whether…

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‘Tompolo’s surveillance contract ploy to siphon Niger-Delta’s wealth’ – INC

Aminu Imam

The Ijaw National Congress, (INC), which is the apex umbrella organisation for all Ijaws, urged stakeholders in the Niger Delta not to allow the pipeline surveillance contract awarded to Chief Government Ekpemupolo, a.k.a Tompolo, to be a source of internal conflict that will cause destabilisation and insecurity in the region. The INC President, Prof. Benjamin Okaba, gave the advice during an interface with some concerned Ijaw youth groups on the trending oil pipeline surveillance contract at Ijaw House, Yenagoa, Bayelsa State. Okaba said the people of the Niger-Delta, particularly those…

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Pipelines Surveillance: Ex-militants threaten mass attacks on oil installations over N48bn NNPC contract

Aminu Imam

Some agitators, under the aegis of ‘Akwa-Ibom Ex-Militants Forum’ have asked the Federal Government to revoke the N48 billion pipeline surveillance contract awarded to the ex-militant warlord, Government Ekpemupolo, alias Tompolo. In a petition addressed to President Muhammadu Buhari, copied to security agencies and made available to newsmen, the agitators claimed that they were undermined by the Federal Government regarding pipelines that pass through Akwa-Ibom State. They threatened to resume hostilities by attacking oil installations in the state if their demands are not met in seven days beginning from Sunday,…

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Maritime Security: Troops arrest sea pirates, pipeline vandals in N/Delta

Aminu Imam

Troops of ‘Operation Delta Safe’ have apprehended 10 suspected pipeline vandals and two high profile sea pirates in the Niger-Delta region. The Director, Defence Media Operations (DMO), Maj-Gen. Bernard Onyeuko, who disclosed this on Thursday in Abuja, said the suspects are notorious for the series of armed attacks on oil vessels, kidnapping of expatriates and illegal oil bunkering within the State. Onyeuko said the pirates, known as Fagha Golden (aka) fine boy and Victor Elkanah (aka) Victor Padi, were both arrested in Rivers State. The Director further informed that the troops during…

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“You are poor at rewarding loyalty” – Ex-militant to Buhari

Aminu Imam

An ex-militant leader, Eshanekpe Akpodoro, has decried the poor reward system of President Muhammadu Buhari. In an issued statement in Abuja, Akpodoro said President Buhari does not appreciate those that worked for him, including his National Coalition of Niger Delta Ex-Agitators (NCNDE-A) and others, which laboured for him before and after 2015. He said he had been facing challenges since the President assumed office in 2015, concerning the Boko Haram insurgency in the Northeast and Niger Delta Avengers (NDA) activities in Niger Delta. The ex-militant leader regretted that the President…

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Rivers: Panic as new Niger Delta militants group blow up Agip facility

Aminu Imam

A new militant group in the Niger Delta region, code-named: ‘Bayan-Men‘, has blown up an oil facility operated by the Nigerian Agip Oil Company, (NAOC), in Ogba-Egbema-Andoni local government area of Rivers State. The angry militants, who destroyed the oil well OB5 (Obiavu-5) in the area, accused the oil firm of failing to deal directly with the host communities insisting that they were fighting for justice for their people. The self-styled commander of the Bayan-Men said the company refused to allow the people to benefit from their operations in the…

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